A Fillmore County District Court judge’s ruling that would require Fillmore County Amish men to install subsurface sewage treatment systems despite religious objections was upheld by the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Ammon Swartzentruber, Menno Mast,…
LANCASTER, PA — In mid-March, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf ordered all Pennsylvania schools to close, prompting an abrupt shutdown of the state’s public and private schools – and, it turns out, Amish one-room schoolhouses. Local…
HUMMELS WHARF — Jay Peachey worked as a mason, real estate agent and owned a landscaping business before finding his life’s purpose as a paramedic. “I look forward to going to work every day,” the…
Who needs machinery when you can get a few hundred of your closest friends to help you move your barn? Amazing video shows about 300 Amish men working in tandem to lift an enormous shed…
The criminal complaint against the Amish bishop is clear about how he learned of a church member’s alleged sexual assault on three young teenage girls: “John G. Beiler confessed the sexual assault incidents to Bishop…
PEQUEA TOWNSHIP, PA — An Amish bishop was charged this week by Pennsylvania authorities with failing to report sexual abuse allegedly committed by one of his congregants. Levi Esh Sr., 63, of Pequea Township, was bishop…
Police in Northeast Ohio broke up a large gathering of Amish people over the weekend after a man spotted a group of buggies and called 911 to report a stay-at-home order violation. Just after midnight Sunday, the Geauga County Sherrif’s office made…
Underage drinking, disorderly conduct and breaking the Stay Home order in an Amish barn. The party took place in Huntsburg Township, Ohio. Huntsburg is home to a very large Amish population about an hour East…
MERCER COUNTY, PA – State Police say they broke up a drinking party involving eight Amish teens and one 20-year-old in Mercer County. Officers say they were called to an old railroad bed beneath Interstate…
WARREN, OH — When it comes down to love or the law, it seems the law will prevail. Inspectors from the Trumbull County Combined Health District reported more than 10 people attended a wedding reception…
